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canon

the collection of pieces in the current Concert music repertoire, pieces that are performed frequently, Handel's Messiah

historiography

the method of studying history, for music history, the immediate, contextual, biographical, genre, and reception history are taken into account, for example the reception component of the historiography of Handel's Messiah traces the piece from entertainment. to charity for the Foundling Hospital, then to a tradition in the form of music festivals, and finally into a ritual

musicology versus ethnomusicology

the study of Western versus nonwestern

Common Practice era

The time period of the current and most frequently played concert music repertoire, Messiah (1700-1914)

Oratorio

an unstaged opera usually based on a sacred or religious narrative which heavily uses arias, choruses, and recitatives. Messiah

Da Capo Aria

An aria in ABA form where the opening material is repeated at the end. The Trumpet Shall Sound from Handel's Messiah is a quasi Da Capo Aria because the text changes in the repetition of the opening material, so it is really ABA1.

Music/Choir Festival

an international trend that starting with the Three Choirs Festival in 1761. Handel's Messiah is usually the first concert of a choir festival.

Syllabic

one note per sylable

Neumatic

a few notes per syllable

Melismatic

many notes per syllable

monophony

once voice or melody with no harmony, accompaniment or counter melody. Ave Maris Stella is a monophonic piece.

Jennens

The person who created the text for Handel's Messiah. He was angry that Handel created an oratorio out of it instead of something more traditional.